a domain name mentioned on tv?

diatre

Apr 14th 2007, 9:21 pm

on espn, an announcer says jokingly "you can get this on blah blah blah.com. "This domain name was unregistered and i just registered it. Is there anything i should do with this domain or did i just waste my money?

tobycoke

Apr 14th 2007, 10:08 pm

Is it getting any traffic? Quickly throw up 1-2 pages of content and some ads. Perhaps a "As seen on TV" logo?
It is rare that this happens as lawyers at most networks and production companies require writers to obtain any domains that they mention before airing. Conan O'Brian said a ficticious domain name and later said that he got in trouble with the network lawyers.

Gatorade

Apr 14th 2007, 10:13 pm

Hopefully you threw something up on that page asap. More than likely a bunch of people visited that url within minutes after it was broadcast and most will never return.

sufi

Apr 14th 2007, 10:13 pm

Park it at sedo or namedrive and see if it makes any revenue with typo traffic.

EGS

Apr 14th 2007, 10:23 pm

You can post the domain you know...it is yours... :rolleyes: :p

8everything

Apr 14th 2007, 10:24 pm

I wouldn't say its a waste. Do they repeat what was broadcasted a lot? I'm sure some visiters will be sent to the domain.. but not a TON unless it was highly controversal or funny......

Domain investment is never a waste! Its only $8 - $14 and you can always use it to park a site or establish a site which you can sell after!

htmlindex

Apr 14th 2007, 10:43 pm

diatre

Apr 15th 2007, 3:45 pm

hey sorry for taking so long to reply. the website is stephenferaca.com. The guy was wearing a hat and the announcer said okay we get it you can get your hat on stephenferaca.com It was mentioned on the us poker championship (and we all know those are repeated about 1000x a day haha).

I parked it at sedo. Should i do something else?

Gatorade

Apr 15th 2007, 4:16 pm

(and we all know those are repeated about 1000x a day haha).

Very true.:D Good catch.

tobycoke

Apr 15th 2007, 4:38 pm

stephenferaca.com
It's someone's personal name and you bought the domain to capitalize and make money off his name. It would be considered cyber-squatting and he could come after you for the domain name and, less likely, any monies that you made off his name.

ReadyToGo

Apr 15th 2007, 6:11 pm

This is technically cybersquatting, but the most you'll lose is prabably the doamin name.

diatre

Apr 15th 2007, 6:39 pm

i mean i guess, but there is more than one. it's not like this dude is god or anything.

tkilgore

Apr 15th 2007, 7:52 pm

Good catch .. park it and see what happens.. and 8 bucks is low investment..so no worries .. Tk

sufi

Apr 15th 2007, 8:15 pm

Don't worry about cyber squatting issues until the domain is trademarked. Do let us know how it do on sedo.

htmlindex

Apr 16th 2007, 3:33 am

How's the traffic to the name? Have you made any money off it yet?

AngelaR

Apr 16th 2007, 5:18 am

Im interested in knowing how this turned out too.. :)

soEvo

Apr 17th 2007, 11:44 am

I would ask how the traffic was, but i checked myself. I guess most of it is from DP users taking a look:p

YugKoobe

Apr 17th 2007, 1:59 pm

It was mentioned on the us poker championship (and we all know those are repeated about 1000x a day haha).

Ever thought about online poker affiliate programs? They normally offer very large commissions.

htmlindex

Apr 18th 2007, 5:47 am

I would ask how the traffic was, but i checked myself. I guess most of it is from DP users taking a look:p

Lol....yes, probably true. Any revenue?